Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 165710 search inquires.

Selected term: Japan
Explanation: Official name: Japan. Monetary unit: 1 yen (¥) = 100 sen

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 7222 11.01%
NUr$ 7222 11.01%
SKr 6105 9.31%
RO 4926 7.51%
Ptas 4209 6.42%
CFA Franc 2804 4.27%
Euro 2791 4.26%
FKr 2670 4.07%
Fmk 2607 3.97%
Czechoslovakia 2591 3.95%
Saudi Arabia 2449 3.73%
Mexico 2393 3.65%
Greece 2293 3.50%
Continental dollars 2280 3.48%
Spain 2223 3.39%
Republic of China 2196 3.35%
Brazil 2190 3.34%
Hungary 2188 3.34%
gilder 2175 3.32%
Japan 2043 3.11%